A Dictionary of Nursing (Oxford Quick Reference)

✍ Scribed by Jonathan Law (editor)

Publisher: OUP Oxford
Year: 2021
Tongue: English
Leaves: 1915
Edition: 8
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The new edition of this bestselling and trusted dictionary has been fully revised to take account of recent developments in nursing practice and related fields. Updates to this edition cover many areas, with a particular focus on radiography, public health and the NHS, theoretical concepts familiar in nursing education, and key vocabulary used in the 2018 Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses.

Written by medical and nursing specialists, and offering more than 10,500 clear and concise entries on nursing theory and practice, the dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursing professions. As well as nursing-specific terms, there are also many entries in the fields of medicine, anatomy, physiology, ethics, psychiatry, nutrition, dentistry, statistics, and pharmacology. Almost 100 helpful illustrations and tables, and 16 appendices covering the calculation of drug dosages, religion and nursing practice, recommended alcohol intake, and much more, help to make this an essential reference tool for all nursing students and professionals.

✦ Table of Contents

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Alphabetical List of Entries
Halftitle page
Title page
Copyright page
Preface
Credits
Editors (Market House Books Ltd)
Contributors and Advisers
Contents
List of entries by subject
Pronunciation guide
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g
h
i
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Appendices
Appendices 1. Biochemical reference values for blood
Appendices 2. Biochemical reference values for urine
Appendices 3. Biochemical reference values for faeces
Appendices 4. Haematological reference values
Appendices 5. Body mass index (BMI)
Calculation of body mass index
Metric calculation
Imperial calculation
Interpretation of body mass index
BMI and children
Appendices 6. Formulae for calculating drug dosages
Solid drugs
Liquid drugs
Drugs measured in units
Preparation of solutions
Intravenous infusions
Appendices 7. Alcohol: ABV and recommended intake
Appendices 8. Immunization schedules
Routine immunizations (excluding catch-up campaigns)
Nonroutine immunizations
Additional vaccines for individuals with underlying conditions
Appendices 9. Standards of proficiency
Appendices 10. Guidelines for resuscitation
The collapsed adult patient in hospital
Paediatric basic life support
Foreign body causing airway obstruction (children or adults)
Appendices 11. The Human Rights Act
Appendices 12. Religion and nursing practice
Roman Catholics
Protestants
Quakers
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Christian Scientists
Mormons
Islam,
Judaism
Hinduism
Sikhs
Buddhism
Rastafarians
Appendices 13. Health-care websites
Appendices 14. Degrees and diplomas
Appendices 15. SI units
Appendices 16. Abbreviations
Appendices 17. The NMC Code of professional conduct: Standards for conduct, performance, and ethics
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Preserve safety
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